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the u.s. agriculture department has slashed its forecast for corn output to 10.8 bushels, police since 2006. the expectations set prices of corn to record highs this summer. amazon uncorks a plan to sell wine. executives had no comment for "the wall street journal," but a number of executives at california wineries confirmed the plans. the winery's it would ship bottles directly to customers, with amazon taking a cut and charging the wineries a monthly fee. nearly a year after a fire destroyed the not washington tavern, they are getting ready to reopen. order sestak for -- a sense that four out selling beer and wine at a block party. >> we are excited, because it will bring life back to the village that we've not had for awhile. that part is that one year to the day almost, it is reopening. >> it is scheduled to reopen november 1. >> now the 11 insta-weather-plus forecast with ava marie. >> good afternoon. you'll notice a lot more clouds in the sky compared to this morning. that is when the st
the u.s. agriculture department has slashed its forecast for corn output to 10.8 bushels, police since 2006. the expectations set prices of corn to record highs this summer. amazon uncorks a plan to sell wine. executives had no comment for "the wall street journal," but a number of executives at california wineries confirmed the plans. the winery's it would ship bottles directly to customers, with amazon taking a cut and charging the wineries a monthly fee. nearly a year after a fire...
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it looks like there are five u.s. cities, three canadian cities, and i think it's brilliant, this model of one-way vehicle * . i was going to ask about your vehicle fleet. it looks like you have globally 5,000 vehicles, 625 are electric. i'm just wondering do you use the smart cars or what kind of vehicles do you use? and i also see that san francisco, based on your market research, is almost like a perfect city to operate in given the density and many, many people that don't have cars. but i'm just wondering if you could respond to some of those. >>> absolutely. i'll use my two minutes i guess for this portion. you're correct. 5,000 vehicles worldwide, 625 are fully electric vehicles. they are all the smart [speaker not understood]. i think the pressure, combustion engine state and electric engine state are the same vehicle. just a different power train. we have two of those cities, amsterdam and san diego which are the all electric, and they naturally bring about some challenges with electric vehicle structure. what
it looks like there are five u.s. cities, three canadian cities, and i think it's brilliant, this model of one-way vehicle * . i was going to ask about your vehicle fleet. it looks like you have globally 5,000 vehicles, 625 are electric. i'm just wondering do you use the smart cars or what kind of vehicles do you use? and i also see that san francisco, based on your market research, is almost like a perfect city to operate in given the density and many, many people that don't have cars. but i'm...
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u.s. northeast are looking out their windows and seeing the blurry images of a storm that's headed their way. weather experts have downgraded hurricane sandy to a post rao ople up wn the t a pelting coast. twpele are ship sank off of north carolina. several municipalities have declared a state of emergency. the storm is unusually large. it's expected to cut across new jersey over the next several hours. more than 6,000 houses have lost electricity. barack obama made a direct appeal to people in the hurricane's path. >> the most important message that i have for the public right now is please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. >> 370,000 new yorkers who live close to the water have already left. city officials have shut down the transit system. businesses and shops have closed. workers are piling up sand bags in front of subway entrances and buildings. >> it's vr important. this is the stop the water from going int
u.s. northeast are looking out their windows and seeing the blurry images of a storm that's headed their way. weather experts have downgraded hurricane sandy to a post rao ople up wn the t a pelting coast. twpele are ship sank off of north carolina. several municipalities have declared a state of emergency. the storm is unusually large. it's expected to cut across new jersey over the next several hours. more than 6,000 houses have lost electricity. barack obama made a direct appeal to people in...
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tragic milestone this u.s. serviceman was killed in aeople firefight with afghan army allies. 2000th american in the 11-year-old war. >> tomorrow could be a rough for drivers in d.c.. is because members of city plant to shut k street in the morning. they mark the one-year .nniversary of the movement they stayed in mcpherson square for nearly five until the enforced a ban on overnight camping. >> it has been a cloudy night with a few showers. when willout there -- the rain go away? stick around. we will be in the belfort furniture weather center with a first check. the first showers -- we have been watching them in the belfort furniture weather center. movedf the showers have out of the area. at clear skies. temperatures have fallen. gaithersburg. 57 in fredericksburg. this is what it looks like early in the afternoon and evening. showers from the north -- and moves up toward the east. skies begin to clear across west virginia into western maryland. clear skies will be with us from early tomorrow morning, along
tragic milestone this u.s. serviceman was killed in aeople firefight with afghan army allies. 2000th american in the 11-year-old war. >> tomorrow could be a rough for drivers in d.c.. is because members of city plant to shut k street in the morning. they mark the one-year .nniversary of the movement they stayed in mcpherson square for nearly five until the enforced a ban on overnight camping. >> it has been a cloudy night with a few showers. when willout there -- the rain go away?...
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the u.s. was on top of the world seventy five percent of the world economy was in the u.s. about point. it started going downhill actively in one thousand nine hundred seventy one when nixon devalue the dollar took away whatever relationship but had to gold and. the standard of living of the average guy has been going down since then now two things have been keeping the standard of living higher three things that should be number one. is the average guy understands that he has to produce more than the consumes and save the difference in order to be able to survive so that'll continue that's just human beings although that is savings part can't happen airily save anymore well the problem is that people are saving in terms of dollars and the dollar is a figure out currency it's a floating abstraction that's being created by the trilliums by ben bernanke on the central bank so this is this is a social and political and economic earthquake that's building. in the next few years reaches twenty or thirty percent per year it's going to wipe out the savings of the middle class that
the u.s. was on top of the world seventy five percent of the world economy was in the u.s. about point. it started going downhill actively in one thousand nine hundred seventy one when nixon devalue the dollar took away whatever relationship but had to gold and. the standard of living of the average guy has been going down since then now two things have been keeping the standard of living higher three things that should be number one. is the average guy understands that he has to produce more...
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on d street, across the street from the u.s. capitol. the white truck that's about to drive by. >> traffic is light. all of that said, the u.s. government is poised to reopen tomorrow. >>> picking up lint and debris. cameras were found down the washington monument. 36 hours after the first raindrops fell, the major roads are passible again. and some flights have resumed in washington's reagan airport. >> other than being cupid up and being caught up in the hysteria, other than that, i lucked into the flight. >> subways reopened an hour ago. after being trapped indoors, people are back in the sidewalk. >> it's not pouring. >> so many headaches remain, trees toppled houses. 22 in one virginia city. more than a quarter are without power still. there is a mess in the street and still on the national mall. >> we didn't lose any trees. there were some in the mall and we lost some in the capitol grounds. >> also lingering some flood concerns. a lot of leaves and branches from the downed trees, are blocking storm drains. >> we have an ongoing fl
on d street, across the street from the u.s. capitol. the white truck that's about to drive by. >> traffic is light. all of that said, the u.s. government is poised to reopen tomorrow. >>> picking up lint and debris. cameras were found down the washington monument. 36 hours after the first raindrops fell, the major roads are passible again. and some flights have resumed in washington's reagan airport. >> other than being cupid up and being caught up in the hysteria, other...
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drama known as the u.s. presidential debates this time the two candidates will be honing in on foreign policy issues so will this chunk of ninety minutes be able to sway independent voters to check the box for either president obama or mitt romney or is this the horse and pony show next week will bring you a wrap up. and despite popular belief mitt romney and barack obama are not only candidates for president this year next week for the first time this election cycle voters are going to have a chance to wash notable third party candidates square off in a debate of their very own and big picture host tom hartman will be part of the an expert panel at the debate so stay tuned and last but not least it seems like so long ago but this tuesday marks the one year anniversary of libya's liberation we'll show you where the country has come from the hurdles that face the past year and take a look into the future of the country those are just a few of the stories we have in store for you next week along with more news
drama known as the u.s. presidential debates this time the two candidates will be honing in on foreign policy issues so will this chunk of ninety minutes be able to sway independent voters to check the box for either president obama or mitt romney or is this the horse and pony show next week will bring you a wrap up. and despite popular belief mitt romney and barack obama are not only candidates for president this year next week for the first time this election cycle voters are going to have a...
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is on the up and up when it when other people ask you know how can i protect myself from the u.s. economic situation and now look what are you to. them to do do you suggest that other people leave the country and what if they don't want to look what i do for a living where we're publishers but what i do for a living person lives on a speculator a speculator incidentally is somebody the takes advantage of political because distortions in the marketplace if we lived in a free market society i would be unemployed as a speculator but the government here in the us to so many stupid things are constantly creating distortions and misallocations of capital that i can take advantage of so. that's a preamble to what i was going to say to answer your question the markets are very dangerous today almost everything sounds metaphysically impossible but there are no bargains everything is overpriced in the financial world and why is that because so much liquidity is going to stop going because of these ridiculous currency creations which they call quantitative easing and everybody parrots back b
is on the up and up when it when other people ask you know how can i protect myself from the u.s. economic situation and now look what are you to. them to do do you suggest that other people leave the country and what if they don't want to look what i do for a living where we're publishers but what i do for a living person lives on a speculator a speculator incidentally is somebody the takes advantage of political because distortions in the marketplace if we lived in a free market society i...
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so the u.s. government concluded, rightly, that one key way to help the afghanistan people during the surge would be to assist them with farming, to try to provide them with some better seeds, some fertilizer, in some cases tractors, try to improve what they were growing on their fields so you'd improve their livelihood and win their allegiant. that was a good idea. the problem was we tried to do too much of a good people. think of the program or think of southern afghanistan and the farmers there as a parched man on a hot day. ice water, givingal .. turned the fire hose on him, wounding him in the process. we tried to pour so much money in through the program it wound up being counterproductive. i it was trying to spend $300 million in just two provinces in one year. not surprisingly, we wind up just shoveling goods at the afghans. and what did they do? in some cases they took what we were giving them and drove it to the border to pakistan and sold it for cash because it was more than anybody co
so the u.s. government concluded, rightly, that one key way to help the afghanistan people during the surge would be to assist them with farming, to try to provide them with some better seeds, some fertilizer, in some cases tractors, try to improve what they were growing on their fields so you'd improve their livelihood and win their allegiant. that was a good idea. the problem was we tried to do too much of a good people. think of the program or think of southern afghanistan and the farmers...
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and if the u.s. would decide to sit idly by and watch and to pray in order to take action, israel will have to do it by itself. it will not be easy. it will be harder. to deal with retaliation not only from iran. they will be nation's flying in from iran, from lebanon, hezbollah will join. hamas in gaza will send hundreds of missiles. but if we have to choose today between the option of allowing iran to become nuclear, to the option of fighting ourselves, i think the is a clear message what we will do. and the question is if will do with the u.s. or without the u.s., we are asking today. one of the main points of my book, i know many people here are involved with the middle east is the issue of two-state solution. for the last 20 years we hear about two-state solution. you must finish the conflict, the resolution will be a palestinian state. and president obama adopted this approach and she's calling upon us, the israelis to build a palestinian state and go back to 1967 lines. and in my book, a new p
and if the u.s. would decide to sit idly by and watch and to pray in order to take action, israel will have to do it by itself. it will not be easy. it will be harder. to deal with retaliation not only from iran. they will be nation's flying in from iran, from lebanon, hezbollah will join. hamas in gaza will send hundreds of missiles. but if we have to choose today between the option of allowing iran to become nuclear, to the option of fighting ourselves, i think the is a clear message what we...
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the other thing that happened is that in the u.s. especially, we lost the ability to use the drum. we did not lose the ability to use rhythm. the -- which is the most direct link to africa, we use the staff and hand clapping. we are going to do a song that will become familiar to me -- to you in a moment. it was put together by our musical director who is holding the staff. and our soloists will be carolyn and nedra. when i ask you to join in, i want you to help us out. all right? thank you very much. [applause] [singing] [drums and singing] ♪ in the water ♪ ♪ [applause] [singing] ♪ ♪ [singing] [applause] >> the project. [applause] let's give them another round. ok. that brings us to the acknowledgements and closing remarks. on behalf of the san francisco african-american historical society, i would -- something like this cannot happen without the involvement of a lot of people. and some of those people on the back of your programs, we have listed all the members of the committee who worked hard and long to make this happen. nobody worked as hard as kirsten in the mayor's
the other thing that happened is that in the u.s. especially, we lost the ability to use the drum. we did not lose the ability to use rhythm. the -- which is the most direct link to africa, we use the staff and hand clapping. we are going to do a song that will become familiar to me -- to you in a moment. it was put together by our musical director who is holding the staff. and our soloists will be carolyn and nedra. when i ask you to join in, i want you to help us out. all right? thank you...
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i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf.org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. we're doing the right here in our great city. i have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. he keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in
i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private...
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in order for us to invest in u.s. and create jobs. .> we've got a good role models we don't even rate legislators. our best teachers or the labor unions and then george soros later on. he taught every wealthy american that you cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. so i say go for it. >> we don't do endorsement either. we have a pac. we are very involved. we will probably connect with a quarter million retailers and millions of their employees, not endorsing anyone or telling them how to vote, but getting them involved. there's a sense that if people have a better understanding of our position, there's a greater likelihood we will get some action from them. that's why we have engaged our membership. >> let's get questions from the audience. don't feel shy. please raise your hand. if you could give me your name and your affiliation, that would be wonderful. there are microphones roving. the lady with the red jacket. >> good morning. my name is penny, i'm the ceo of women construction owners, in alexandria. there's been
in order for us to invest in u.s. and create jobs. .> we've got a good role models we don't even rate legislators. our best teachers or the labor unions and then george soros later on. he taught every wealthy american that you cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. so i say go for it. >> we don't do endorsement either. we have a pac. we are very involved. we will probably connect with a quarter million retailers and millions of their employees, not endorsing anyone or telling them how...
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like the guy twenty four miles up the u.s. . for a parachute many people call it a class war so i want to turn to this headline here from the american conservative magazine revolt of the rich are financial elites are the new secessionists so as i said it's from the american conservative magazine which was formed in two thousand and two by pat buchanan amongst others and it was formed in sort of in opposition to the iraq invasion and they were really annoyed with all of these neo conservative right wing american republicans leading the republican party so they wanted a less. pro-war sort of party so here they're saying that the elite the rich are secede from the us absolutely and texas are not worth and you can just see from society if you have five million pounds you can hit the sustained but and you have all of your legal fees and all of the fees associated with having to conform to any societal norms yeah i mean it's more than that though they're calling it not just the rich in the actual article they say quote our plutocracy
like the guy twenty four miles up the u.s. . for a parachute many people call it a class war so i want to turn to this headline here from the american conservative magazine revolt of the rich are financial elites are the new secessionists so as i said it's from the american conservative magazine which was formed in two thousand and two by pat buchanan amongst others and it was formed in sort of in opposition to the iraq invasion and they were really annoyed with all of these neo conservative...
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a new study is diagnosing the u.s. with a looming doctor shortage. the association of american medical colleges estimates 90,000 doctors will be needed by 2020, up from earlier estimates of about 70,000. in addition to the new healthcare law, it's said baby boomers will require more care, and that nearly 1/3 of doctors plan on retiring within the decade. the study also found certain states could be impacted more by the shortage. currently utah, arkansas, and mississippi have the fewest doctors, while massachusettes, maryland, and new york have the most. the roche drug company is facing allegations of failing to disclose side effects of 19 drugs used by patients in the u.s. the drugs include avastin and herceptin, used in cancer treatments, and tamiflu. regulators apparently have 80,000 consumer reports of adverse effects. a spokeman from roche says that patient safety is of paramount importance, and the company is providing more information to regulators. apple products are losing some weight. yesterday apple unveiled its highly anticipated ipad mini
a new study is diagnosing the u.s. with a looming doctor shortage. the association of american medical colleges estimates 90,000 doctors will be needed by 2020, up from earlier estimates of about 70,000. in addition to the new healthcare law, it's said baby boomers will require more care, and that nearly 1/3 of doctors plan on retiring within the decade. the study also found certain states could be impacted more by the shortage. currently utah, arkansas, and mississippi have the fewest doctors,...
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but their role in financing u.s. home ownership has shot up. today roughly three-quarters of u.s. mortgages are made or guaranteed by freddie and fan nie. i was on the freddie mac board head of the governance and nominating committee. the first c.e.o. of freddie put in place by the treasury at the time of conservatorship quit after six months. we had to pitch to efrd to make the job. that was simple. a most challenging job but the opportunity to do meaningful public service. freddie mac and fannie mae needed strong leadership and guidance as they rehabilitated themselves and waited for the government to decide just what to do with them. i should point out that we are still waiting for the government to decide just what to do with them. it is now four years since conservatorship, and beyond some partisan back and forth about banks' handling of foreclosures housing policy has been one of the elephants in the room during the campaign. ed had an outstanding career in public and private sector. degrees from dartmouth, h.b.s. and harvard law school starting with a philadelphia investmen
but their role in financing u.s. home ownership has shot up. today roughly three-quarters of u.s. mortgages are made or guaranteed by freddie and fan nie. i was on the freddie mac board head of the governance and nominating committee. the first c.e.o. of freddie put in place by the treasury at the time of conservatorship quit after six months. we had to pitch to efrd to make the job. that was simple. a most challenging job but the opportunity to do meaningful public service. freddie mac and...
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still tonight, the u.s. attorney continues to look into his campaign. back to you. >> and this story is not over yet. matt ackland, thanks for the update. >>> staying in d.c., this is a question. are city officials keeping a close enough eye on all of the revenue being brought in? d.c. council committee is looking into that question today. recently, there is some concerns about how some properties are assessed. how records are kept, and if enough taxes are being collected from property owners. william davilla was called before the council n charge of the tax office's integrity department and abruptly resigned last week. >> generally speaking, i would think the controls have improved. theytill have a long way to go. >> okay. >> a lot of work remains, but the key if is for the managers -- key is for the managers and supervisors to manage, supervise, train the people and do their job. >> he said since being hired in 2010 geek, he was only -- 2010, he was only able to have one meeting with the city cfo who also testified before the council today. >>> much m
still tonight, the u.s. attorney continues to look into his campaign. back to you. >> and this story is not over yet. matt ackland, thanks for the update. >>> staying in d.c., this is a question. are city officials keeping a close enough eye on all of the revenue being brought in? d.c. council committee is looking into that question today. recently, there is some concerns about how some properties are assessed. how records are kept, and if enough taxes are being collected from...
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(applause) >> hi, region 9 u.s. department of health and human services. [laughter] >> it's a mouthful. it is a real honor and a pleasure to be here with you this morning. and first off, i want to ask you all to give yourselves a round of applause for the leadership of this community and of san francisco and the bay area and california broadly. (applause) >> you know, it's an honor to get up here and represent my boss, secretary kathleen sebelius and be like brandt colfax, another round of applause for dr. colfax, please. (applause) >> to have a reinvest and recovery act, our stimulus law with the leadership of leader pelosi, of our mayor, of our supervisors, and our community to have $9-1/2 million given to this city and to this area for this. but not just for this, but everybody's already setting this this morning, the local impact, the state impact, the national impact, and indeed the international impact. and i represent a region that is 50 million people. california, arizona, nevada, hawaii, it's a three territories and three countries in the pacific.
(applause) >> hi, region 9 u.s. department of health and human services. [laughter] >> it's a mouthful. it is a real honor and a pleasure to be here with you this morning. and first off, i want to ask you all to give yourselves a round of applause for the leadership of this community and of san francisco and the bay area and california broadly. (applause) >> you know, it's an honor to get up here and represent my boss, secretary kathleen sebelius and be like brandt colfax,...
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she says it's something she's well familiar with as all three of them are u.s. service members. >> that was an option in my house. they were going to go to school because didn't have the time to. not military, i never dreamed of it. >> reporter: the troops arriving at the d.c. armory are among 270 members. they provided security, logistics and other crucial services while stationed near kabul. as the buses pulled up and family members were reunitedded, an outpouring of emotion -- reunited, an outpouring of emotion. f emotio >> baby girl! [ cheering and applause ] >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> feels good, feels good to be home. >> reporter: was it a long time coming? >> yes. >> reporter: they said that they are very proud of you. >> i'm proud of them for supporting me while i was gone. >> it's surreal. i can't believe i'm back home and safe and i'm so happy, really happy. >> undescribable. >> reporter: specialist girard even came bearing gifts. >> this is beautiful.
she says it's something she's well familiar with as all three of them are u.s. service members. >> that was an option in my house. they were going to go to school because didn't have the time to. not military, i never dreamed of it. >> reporter: the troops arriving at the d.c. armory are among 270 members. they provided security, logistics and other crucial services while stationed near kabul. as the buses pulled up and family members were reunitedded, an outpouring of emotion --...
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there land and the number three reason why the u.s. is plunging down this economic freedom violation of the property rights of bondholders in the bail out of auto companies this is also very to radical thing you see across the u.s. and across europe is this caprice is very capricious who they determine that situation that bail out that bankruptcy who's going to pay for it sometimes they determine the bondholders will never pay and sometimes they determine bondholders that should should have been first in line for bankruptcy to seize the assets those guys get pushed to the back of the bus with us to probably have rules and regulations and laws written by vested interest and special interest of course are going to write laws that make sense for them as stakeholders as shareholders as the wealth holders of the country that's done anything to do with democracy or representational government now that's long gone that's what the fall into freedom index suggests america is in free fall and then finally they're finally reasoned here government
there land and the number three reason why the u.s. is plunging down this economic freedom violation of the property rights of bondholders in the bail out of auto companies this is also very to radical thing you see across the u.s. and across europe is this caprice is very capricious who they determine that situation that bail out that bankruptcy who's going to pay for it sometimes they determine the bondholders will never pay and sometimes they determine bondholders that should should have...
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so just to list the names of the nations a ball of the u.s. in terms of economic freedom is quite a list here of hong kong singapore new zealand switzerland australia bahrain marie cabo finland u.a.e. arland u.k. a still many a taiwan denmark cutter i mean the us is going for the guinness book of world records for the fastest country to free fall through the freedom index of any country ever so far looks like look good. so they record breaking their like the red bull doesn't like the guy twenty four miles up the u.s. . for a parachute many people call it a class war so i want to turn to this headline here from the american conservative magazine revolt of the rich are financial elites are the new secessionists so as i said it's from the american conservative magazine which was formed in two thousand and two by pat buchanan amongst others and it was formed in sort of in opposition to the iraq invasion and they were really annoyed with all of these neo conservative right wing american republicans leading the republican party so they wanted a less
so just to list the names of the nations a ball of the u.s. in terms of economic freedom is quite a list here of hong kong singapore new zealand switzerland australia bahrain marie cabo finland u.a.e. arland u.k. a still many a taiwan denmark cutter i mean the us is going for the guinness book of world records for the fastest country to free fall through the freedom index of any country ever so far looks like look good. so they record breaking their like the red bull doesn't like the guy twenty...
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he was the first u.s. senator to oppose the vietnam war. >>> the teen accused of murdering 10-year-old jessica ridgeway will appear in court today. austin sigg is also connected to the attempted abduction of a runner at another park earlier this year. his mother says he turned himself in. >>> today the special pit bull task force will be meeting to discuss the ruling that pit bulls are considered inherently dangerous. that happened earlier this year. and new law that passed making dog owners liable if the animal attacks. the public is invited to attend this meeting. >>> president barack obama cast his ballot in chicago today. he will become the first ever american president to cast his vote before election day. governor mitt romney the president's challenger is campaigning in ohio today. >>> game two of the world series is tonight. and right now, the san francisco giants, they are one game up on the detroit tigers. they won last night and they won pretty big. 8-3. first pitch tonight is at 8:07. >>> just a
he was the first u.s. senator to oppose the vietnam war. >>> the teen accused of murdering 10-year-old jessica ridgeway will appear in court today. austin sigg is also connected to the attempted abduction of a runner at another park earlier this year. his mother says he turned himself in. >>> today the special pit bull task force will be meeting to discuss the ruling that pit bulls are considered inherently dangerous. that happened earlier this year. and new law that passed...
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eastern time, former u.s. senator george mcgovern passed away while in hospice in sioux falls, south dakota. he was 90 years old. an early opponent of the vietnam war he was, the nominee for president in 1972 for democrats. he lost in a landslide election to republican richard nixon. in a statement, the mcgovern family said "we are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life. advocating for the hungry, fighting for peace." mcgovern long will be remembered for his unwavering opposition to war and war is where we begin this morning. today we're taking you back to june 28th, 1914. yes. june 28, 1914. that was the day that a foreign emissary was assassinated while on a diplomatic mission in sarajevo. that set off a chain of events that led to the largest global conflict the world had ever seen. on that fateful day, a 19-year-old took the life of arch duke franz ferdinand. knowing the dead to the austrian hungarian empire would not go unanswered, serbia appealed to their russian nei
eastern time, former u.s. senator george mcgovern passed away while in hospice in sioux falls, south dakota. he was 90 years old. an early opponent of the vietnam war he was, the nominee for president in 1972 for democrats. he lost in a landslide election to republican richard nixon. in a statement, the mcgovern family said "we are blessed to know that our father lived a long, successful and productive life. advocating for the hungry, fighting for peace." mcgovern long will be...
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more interesting i think is when you are the u.s. government or google or the white house and no matter what you do do you are still a target and your attackers are going to be teenagers, whole branches of government, military and other countries and there we don't really know. there are a lot of open questions there. >> host: we are going to follow up on charlie's remarks. one of the things that is really interesting is cyberspace is a collection of machines and people. people are part of the network. the very very worst bad guys have taken on something called social engineering is a way of attacking and you may not be as inherently interesting target but you may be vulnerable to social engineering because essentially what they are doing is trying to pretend to be your friend, family member. after doing homework they may send you an e-mail or direct you to a web site that is loaded with the attack code and a few if you are related to someone, that they are targeting or if you work at a company that the bad guys want to target, you m
more interesting i think is when you are the u.s. government or google or the white house and no matter what you do do you are still a target and your attackers are going to be teenagers, whole branches of government, military and other countries and there we don't really know. there are a lot of open questions there. >> host: we are going to follow up on charlie's remarks. one of the things that is really interesting is cyberspace is a collection of machines and people. people are part...
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the economy in the u.s. may be nothing to brag about, but for many firms, it's actually one of the stronger markets. >> when they talk about weakness, the weakness is everywhere else but the united states, which highlights the united states possibly being the one beacon of hope. and that's where companies need to reinforce there strength in. >> reporter: companies are also trying to boost earnings by cutting costs and selling non- essential assets. others are using the weak quarter as an opportunity to clean up their balance sheets. >> everything but the kitchen sink. you are going to take every write-down, every mark down, everything that you can. get it out of the way, so you look better in the following quarter. >> reporter: but hopes are fading for a strong finish to the year. of the companies that have provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter, 22 have been negative and only two have been positive. >> companies are already warning us not to expect too much from them for the fourth quarter. we've
the economy in the u.s. may be nothing to brag about, but for many firms, it's actually one of the stronger markets. >> when they talk about weakness, the weakness is everywhere else but the united states, which highlights the united states possibly being the one beacon of hope. and that's where companies need to reinforce there strength in. >> reporter: companies are also trying to boost earnings by cutting costs and selling non- essential assets. others are using the weak quarter...
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in that case, the u.s. government, i think working with israel, but the united states government to felt -- the u.s. government develop a computer warned that went into the nuclear processing facilities in iran and disrupted those computers. >> it was developed by the u.s. government? >> yes, according to reporters. them what was its purpose? was it a defense mechanism, the defense department? >> no, it was a purely offensive, pre-emptive effort to slow the nuclear weapons processing capability of iran. >> you mentioned a charlie miller, and mr. miller is in st. louis, joining us today. mr. miller, what was your goal in breaking into the iphone? >> well, and the particular case, it was for a contest, like robert mentioned. they have this contest every year. hackers across the world enter it. they have various devices. if you break into the devices, you win some cash it and devices also. i want contests earlier in my career. it was more about showing things like the iphone or desktops running apple software
in that case, the u.s. government, i think working with israel, but the united states government to felt -- the u.s. government develop a computer warned that went into the nuclear processing facilities in iran and disrupted those computers. >> it was developed by the u.s. government? >> yes, according to reporters. them what was its purpose? was it a defense mechanism, the defense department? >> no, it was a purely offensive, pre-emptive effort to slow the nuclear weapons...
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. >>> virginia's u.s. senate candidates will hold their second debate today. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine will square off in richmond. a recent wall street journal/marist poll shows tim kaine pulling ahead. david gregory moderated the debate last month. >>> today a warning that china's two leading technology firms pose a major security concern to the u.s. there's a live look at the capitol. after a year long investigation, the panel is warning the government, as well as private businesses, to avoid poway technologies and zte corporation. those companies are among the world's leading telecommunications companies. both deny posing a threat to the u.s. >>> and venezuela's president hugo chavez wips a third term in office. the electoral council announced that chavez won by a narrow margin. it ends a bitter campaign in which chavez denied using oil control to his advantage. >>> this morning the pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak is voluntarily recalling all of its products. the new england compounding center says the move is ju
. >>> virginia's u.s. senate candidates will hold their second debate today. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine will square off in richmond. a recent wall street journal/marist poll shows tim kaine pulling ahead. david gregory moderated the debate last month. >>> today a warning that china's two leading technology firms pose a major security concern to the u.s. there's a live look at the capitol. after a year long investigation, the panel is warning the government,...
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has praised u.s. drone strikes saying that they have pinpoint precision and even went as far to say that he personally approves every strike that occurs in this country a country that underwent a western backed transition after the arab spring have i'm sure the yemeni people overthrew their overthrew their kleptocratic leader just have a new one installed who embraced drone bombings with open arms but aside from the obviously unlawful killing and completely counterproductive counterterrorism strategy of american use of drones americans are for the most part completely removed from obama's drone wars but it's closer than most would like to think currently there are sixty four drone bases on u.s. soil and congress passed a bill opening american skies to unmanned drone surveillance in two thousand and thirteen without the us at a hearing to international law or building a legal framework for their use of drones it sets a dangerous precedent for others to follow suit and their unlawful nature now that oba
has praised u.s. drone strikes saying that they have pinpoint precision and even went as far to say that he personally approves every strike that occurs in this country a country that underwent a western backed transition after the arab spring have i'm sure the yemeni people overthrew their overthrew their kleptocratic leader just have a new one installed who embraced drone bombings with open arms but aside from the obviously unlawful killing and completely counterproductive counterterrorism...
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so on the u.s. side we do need to do more to clarify where those investments are welcome and where the riskings are higher, and where they are welcome, we need to create better policies to make those investments more attractive. i do a lot of work in clean energy. clean energy is really a sector where we could stand to use some chinese investment dollars and know-how because china is very strong, and there are a lot of investors that are very interested in the united states. but, for example, our investment incentive policies focus on tax rebates that aren't that useful for foreign firms. and we have a cfius policy that has recently brought in the department of energy and is focusing on the electricity grid as a potential national security risk. and a lot of the sectors of the clean energy economy involve the electricity grid. so we need to do a better job at clarifying for chinese companies from a washington perspective which sectors of these industries are simply going to be high risk, potentially
so on the u.s. side we do need to do more to clarify where those investments are welcome and where the riskings are higher, and where they are welcome, we need to create better policies to make those investments more attractive. i do a lot of work in clean energy. clean energy is really a sector where we could stand to use some chinese investment dollars and know-how because china is very strong, and there are a lot of investors that are very interested in the united states. but, for example,...
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the five terror suspects were extradited to the u.s. overnight, arriving under tight security. cbs news, new york. >>> two of the five suspects had court appearances in new haven, connecticut, while two others appeared in federal court in new york city. >>> you know the country is divided politically and who better to argue both sides of all issues than fox tv's bill o'reilly and john stewart. they have been on campus at george washington university and ken molestina is standing by live. ken, were they smart and funny? >> reporter: they were all that and much more. listen, bruce, you know this. anybody who has spent time in washington knows that this town loves bickering. they love debate. they love opinions. they love humor, but most importantly, they all like a good show. that's exactly what happened here today at the rumble in the air-conditioned auditorium. that's what they called it. let's take you inside and show you what it looked like earlier tonight when these two squared off. the fox news anchor and host of the daily show, of course, tangled away for a 90 minute debat
the five terror suspects were extradited to the u.s. overnight, arriving under tight security. cbs news, new york. >>> two of the five suspects had court appearances in new haven, connecticut, while two others appeared in federal court in new york city. >>> you know the country is divided politically and who better to argue both sides of all issues than fox tv's bill o'reilly and john stewart. they have been on campus at george washington university and ken molestina is...
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the u.s. jobs numbers were released friday from the bureau of labor statistics which typically i think it's fair to say gets one solid day of play in the news cycle but not this time because the unemployment rate dipped to seven point eight percent and some high profile folks such as former g.e. c.e.o. jack welch suggested obama's team manipulated the data to give the president a boost well our guest is here to dispel conspiracy theories around the drop which is not to say the jobs numbers are manipulated but rather that they're manipulated on an ongoing basis one argue our economist argued in past have times look at this the unemployment rate has been low only because government programs especially social security disability have effectively been buying people off the unemployment rolls and reclassifying them as not in the labor force in other words the government has cooked the books thus far back in two thousand and three austin bowles be writing you may know him he went on to be an obama a
the u.s. jobs numbers were released friday from the bureau of labor statistics which typically i think it's fair to say gets one solid day of play in the news cycle but not this time because the unemployment rate dipped to seven point eight percent and some high profile folks such as former g.e. c.e.o. jack welch suggested obama's team manipulated the data to give the president a boost well our guest is here to dispel conspiracy theories around the drop which is not to say the jobs numbers are...
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mitt romney's own plan would cost 800,000 u.s. jobs according to the study for american progress. the corporate tax cuts would cost the u.s., according to that study, nearly $1 trillion. all right. now the third debate topic, and the third myth that is -- we are debunking here health you will hear this over and over again. you have heard it. the memo reads $716 billion will be raided from medicare to pay for obamacare. now this is the same raiding medicare lie that romney has been pushing since august. >> romney: the president's plan cuts medicare -- excuse me -- well let's see -- there we go. by $716 billion. cut. >> jennifer: polititfact, the fact checker in looking at that statement rated it mostly false because here is the truth. president obama has made medicare more efficient by cutting costs in the program to the tune of $716 billion. that's cutting costs, not cutting patient care, not kicking people off of medicare, not cutting benefits, just cutting costs by making it more efficient. and then he reinvested those savings back into medicare to extend its life by eight years
mitt romney's own plan would cost 800,000 u.s. jobs according to the study for american progress. the corporate tax cuts would cost the u.s., according to that study, nearly $1 trillion. all right. now the third debate topic, and the third myth that is -- we are debunking here health you will hear this over and over again. you have heard it. the memo reads $716 billion will be raided from medicare to pay for obamacare. now this is the same raiding medicare lie that romney has been pushing since...
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and u.s. workers are feeling aboutle more confident the nation's jobs outlook. >> that is good news. 41% of respondents who lost jobs recently are jobmistic they will find a in the next six months. those with jobs say concerns possibility of being off is down 17%. the health-care industry is a choice as the baby boom generation ages. job postings for positions registered nurse to 13%ysical therapist rose of 2011 through june of this year. do get paid pretty well, but lower-paid home health aides are in higher demand. workers in the restaurant industry are in demand as well. industry is headed for its strongest year since 2004. the owner of olive garden hirenced it plans to expands.rkers as it bald man in the workforce in the world, more on that in the next hour. is business news from bloomberg headquarters in new bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. it's wednesday morning >> . find out which city made the list of america's sharpest cities. >> and a look ahead at the to clo
and u.s. workers are feeling aboutle more confident the nation's jobs outlook. >> that is good news. 41% of respondents who lost jobs recently are jobmistic they will find a in the next six months. those with jobs say concerns possibility of being off is down 17%. the health-care industry is a choice as the baby boom generation ages. job postings for positions registered nurse to 13%ysical therapist rose of 2011 through june of this year. do get paid pretty well, but lower-paid home...